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the 1600s,” “Kazoo Classics,” and so on. You’re supposed to turn on the
Compilation checkbox manually, in iTunes, to identify songs that belong
together in this way. Once you’ve done that, all songs that belong to
compilations you’ve created show up in this list.
• Composers. Here’s your whole music collection sorted by composer—a
crumb that the iPod/iPhone creators have thrown to classical-music fans.
• Genres. Tap this item to sort your collection by musical genre (that is,
style): Pop, Rock, World, Podcast, Gospel, or whatever.
• Podcasts. Here are all your podcasts (page 236), listed by creator. A blue
dot indicates that you haven’t yet listened to some of the podcasts by
a certain podcaster. Similarly, if you tap a podcast’s name to drill down,
you’ll see the individual episodes, once again marked by blue “you
haven’t heard me yet” dots.
Customizing List Land
Now you know how to sort your collection by every conceivable criterion.
But what if you’re a huge podcast nut? Are you really expected to open up
the More screen (shown on the facing page) every time you want to see your
list of podcasts? Or what if you frequently want access to your audiobooks or
composer list?
Fortunately, you can add the icons of these lists to the bottom of the main
iPod screen, where the four starter categories now appear (Playlists, Artists,
Songs, Videos). That is, you can replace or rearrange the icons that show up
here, so that the lists you use most frequently are easier to open.
To renovate the four starter icons, tap More and then Edit (upper-left corner).
You arrive at the Configure screen.
Here’s the complete list of music-and-video sorting lists: Albums, Podcasts,
Audiobooks, Genres, Composers, Compilations, Playlists, Artists, Songs, and
Videos.
To replace one of the four starter icons at the bottom, use a finger to drag an
icon from the top half of the screen downward, directly onto the existing icon
you want to replace. It lights up to show the success of your drag.
When you release your finger, you’ll see that the new icon has replaced the
old one. Tap Done in the upper-right corner.
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